This update brings a couple of new features, some Champion balance changes, and bug fixes. Here’s everything:

Battle Turn Counter

We’ve added a Turn Counter for every Battle, so you can track how many turns you’ve taken, and how many you have left - with the current limit set to 1,500 turns. The Turn Counter tracks both your team’s and the enemy team’s turns.

In most Battles, the Turn Counter, along with a notification, will be shown after you reach 1,000 Turns. However, in Doom Tower Battles, you’ll see the Turn Counter from the start. In Demon Lord and Hydra Battles, not much has changed - you’ll see the Bosses’ Turn Counters from the start, then your team’s Turn Counter as a separate line after 1,000 turns.

In every Battle - except for Demon Lord Battles, Hydra Battles, and when using Multi-Battle mode - the game will be paused after reaching 1,450 turns. You’ll be able to choose whether to continue the Battle, or to end it early. You’ll automatically lose any battles that end due to reaching the 1,500-turn limit.

Forge improvements

• We've added a button to craft a batch of 10 Artifacts in one go. You can also use Charms while crafting a batch of 10 Artifacts. You’ll still craft all 10 Artifacts even if you don’t have enough Charms to be used for every one of them. The Charms you do have will be used for as many of those 10 Artifacts as possible, depending on the number of Charms you have.
• We’ve also added the ability to skip the crafting animations by tapping on the screen after hitting either "Craft" or "Craft x10". 
• The "Go" button for Forge-related Advanced Quests will now jump to the relevant Sets.
• The game will remember your chosen Artifact Ranks when you switch between different Artifact Sets (or lower it to the highest possible Rank if the original Rank is not available when jumping between different Sets).
• Adjusted Forge Material drop balance on Faction Crypt Stages 20-21.

Tag Team Arena update

We’ve expanded the Tiers and increased the player limit along with the number of Promotion/Demotion places. It will now be easier to rise through the Tiers and reach the higher echelons of Tag Arena play.

Here’s the new Tier breakdown:

BRONZE

• Bronze I: Promotion Places increased to 30,000 (from 18,000)
• Bronze II: Player Limit increased to 100,000 (from 60,000); Promotion Places increased to 21,000 (from 13,500)
• Bronze III: Player Limit increased to 70,000 (from 45,000); Promotion Places increased to 15,000 (from 9,500)
• Bronze IV: Player Limit increased to 50,000 (from 30,000); Promotion Places increased to 9,000 (from 4,500)

SILVER

• Silver I: Player Limit increased to 30,000 (from 15,000); Promotion Places increased to 7,500 (from 3,750)
• Silver II: Player Limit increased to 25,000 (from 12,500); Promotion Places increased to 6,000 (from 3,000)
• Silver III: Player Limit increased to 20,000 (from 10,000); Promotion Places increased to 4,500 (from 2,250)
• Silver IV: Player Limit increased to 15,000 (from 7,500); Promotion Places increased to 2,100 (from 940)

GOLD

• Gold I: Player Limit increased to 7,000 (from 3,125); Promotion Places increased to 1,350 (from 750)
• Gold II: Player Limit increased to 4,500 (from 2.500); Promotion Places increased to 900 (from 565)
• Gold III: Player Limit increased to 3,000 (from 1,875); Promotion Places increased to 750 (from 375)
• Gold IV: Player Limit increased to 2,500 (from 1,250); Demotion Places increased to 750 (from 375)

Champion rebalance:

Necrohunter

[Skill 2 - Gravestorm]

- Skill changed. New version: Attacks 1 enemy. Attacks all enemies 1 time if this attack is critical.

Old version: Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 50% chance of attacking all enemies with an extra hit.

[Skill 3 - Tomb Stalker]

- Cooldown decreased from 4 to 3 turns.

- Aura Skill added: increases Ally C. RATE in all Battles by 19%.

Kallia

[Skill 1 - Superheated Hammer]

- Damage multiplier increased.

[Skill 2 - Curse of Nullity]

- Effect changed: The chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff has been increased from 50% to 75%.

- Damage multiplier increased.

[Skill 3 - Flame Tempest]

- Effect changed: The chance of placing a [HP Burn] debuff has been increased from 60% to 100%.

- Damage multiplier increased.

Frostbringer

[Skill 1 - Cones of Cold]

- Effect changed: The chance of placing a 100% [Heal Reduction] debuff has been increased from 15% to 30%.

[Skill 2 - Snow Flurry]

- Skill changed. New version : Attacks 3 times at random. Each hit has a 75% chance of placing a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff for 2 turns.

Old version: Attacks 3 times at random. Places a 60% [Decrease DEF] debuff for 2 turns if the target has a [Heal Reduction] debuff.

Woad-Painted

- Base stats changed: Base SPD increased to 97 (was 92).

[Skill 1 - Crossup]

- Damage multiplier changed: The damage is now based only on HP (was on ATK and HP).

[Skill 2 - Undying Fury]

- Skill changed. New version: Removes all debuffs from this Champion and 1 random debuff from all allies, then heals this Champion by 100% of their MAX HP and heals all allies equal to 50% of the surplus heal. Afterwards, places a 30% [Reflect Damage] buff on all allies for 2 turns, then grants this Champion an Extra Turn.

Old version: Removes all debuffs from this Champion, then fully heals this Champion. Places a 30% [Reflect Damage] buff on this Champion for 2 turns.

[Skill 3 - Overpower]

- Damage multiplier changed: Now damage is just based on this Champion's HP (was both ATK and HP).

- Cooldown decreased from 4 to 3 turns.

Champion and battle fixes

• Karato Foxhunter’s Stoicism passive skill no longer deals damage to Bommal’s Dreadbombs.
• The Total Stats window is now displayed after a long tap on the Champions in your team in the team selection window.
• Fixed a bug that caused the enemy team’s Team Power indicator to disappear from the screen after a long tap.
• Fixed a double animation bug that affected Bommal’s Dreadbomb explosions.
• Fixed a bug that caused some debuffs placed by Krisk the Ageless not to be displayed.
• Fixed a sound issue that occurred when restarting a battle in Faction Wars.
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to freeze after Madame Serris placed a [Shield] buff while under a [Petrification] debuff.
• Fixed a bug that caused Battles to stop after one Battle when using Multi-Battle mode while Super Raids were enabled.

Other fixes

• Red dot indicators for new Champions in the Index will not be displayed if you have already opened the interface for their Faction.
• Fixed a bug that caused Champions with fully upgraded skills to be displayed in the “Upgrade Skills” tab in the Tavern when the “Show upgradable only” filter was selected.
• Fixed a bug that caused the “Connect your account to Facebook” achievement to remain incomplete after connecting to Facebook.
• The “Claim all Playtime Rewards” Forge Pass Daily Challenge will only be completed after you claim all the Playtime Rewards.